the high jump
noun
: an athletic event in which people compete by trying to jump over a bar high above the ground
He won the gold medal in the high jump.
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Hernandez ultimately shared first place in the triple jump and the high jump and shared second in the long jump.
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Jonathan Horwitz, Oc Register, 20 June 2025
Jade Jones, high jump, King’s Academy senior: The University of Houston basketball commit finished fourth in the state in the high jump (1.52) at the state meet and was a part of the sixth-place 4×400 relay team.
—Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2025
Shrewsbury’s Derek Shimer won the high jump (6-06), while Brookline’s Altamo Aschkenasy won the mile in 4:08.31.
—Danny Ventura, Boston Herald, 9 June 2025
Hernandez also finished in second place in the high jump to Woodrow Wilson High School's Loren Webster.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2025
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Jonathan Horwitz, Oc Register, 20 June 2025
Jade Jones, high jump, King’s Academy senior: The University of Houston basketball commit finished fourth in the state in the high jump (1.52) at the state meet and was a part of the sixth-place 4×400 relay team.
—Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2025
Shrewsbury’s Derek Shimer won the high jump (6-06), while Brookline’s Altamo Aschkenasy won the mile in 4:08.31.
—Danny Ventura, Boston Herald, 9 June 2025
Hernandez also finished in second place in the high jump to Woodrow Wilson High School's Loren Webster.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2025
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“The high jump.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20high%20jump. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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